Minneapolis Institute of Arts Director and President Kaywin Feldman

A Museum for the Next Century

Kaywin Feldman has been the director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) since 2008. She oversees the museum’s staff of 250, its fine-art collection of some 87,000 objects, its 473,000-square-foot facility, and an annual operating budget of $30 million. During her tenure, the MIA has strengthened its national presence with ambitious special exhibitions, embarked on innovative curatorial projects, and strengthened its collection through strategic acquisitions and gifts.

From 1991 through 1993, Feldman pursued research for her PhD thesis, supported by a fellowship from the Ministry of the Flemish Community. In her early career, she served as director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Tennessee. She also received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Memphis College of Art in 2008.

Kaywin holds an MA in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, an MA from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London, and a BA (summa cum laude) in classical archaeology from the University of Michigan. She serves as board chair of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and past president of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD).

As the Minneapolis Institute of Arts celebrates its first one hundred years of public service in 2015, Feldman and her team will pause and consider the next one hundred years. In her presententaion, she will share which audience trends they're focusing on, how new technology will impact the museum, how changes in the art market might affect a museum's future collection, and more.